Michelle Monaghan Quotes

To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter.

I definitely got my philanthropic genes from my mom and dad. They taught me from a very early age to always lend a helping hand to anyone in need, and I hope to raise my daughter to be a very kind and charitable person.

When I was growing up I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents. It's not a humanitarian thing, because I don't see it as a sacrifice. It's a gift. We're all lucky to have each other.

Everyone's got to be for a child to have a home and love. I mean I don't know anyone who would be against that.

I was raised in a group home for 14 years, so I was a beneficiary of philanthropy. I didn't have a family. The nameless, faceless strangers were my family. They gave me an education, put food on the table and clothes on my back. I am who I am because of that formative experience. Now I am paying it forward.

As a single mother of four, my mother taught me that you always want to show up strong for the moments that really matter with family, friends, and community. I now recognize how her strength helped shape the person I am today and the mother that I have become.

My parents taught us it's important to give back.

I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.

In England, I met a couple who run a children's home. They were very kind and showed me many nice spots in England.

Strong families serve society by bringing forth healthy children and maturing young adults, by being a rich source of a compassion for sick members, of support for others in time of crisis and of care for the elderly and the dying.

Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else.

As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.

When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.

I've made humanitarian causes and my children much more my priority than the Hollywood scene, being liked and getting movie parts.

My husband and I have been involved with foster youth since our early 20s. Right out of college and not yet married, we spent weekends mentoring a family of young girls.

My grandmother was the matriarch. If you didn't have a place to stay, if you needed food, if you were just coming out of jail or rehab, you went to her. Watching her in our family and our wider community was what inspired me and still does.

There's something else that my mother taught me, public service is about service. And, as her daughter, I've had a special window into how she serves. I've seen her holding the hands of mothers, worried about how they'll feed their kids, worried about how they'll get them the healthcare they need.

I care a lot about animal welfare and children. Although I don't have children myself.

I feel that adoption is a good idea to control population. This would also help orphaned children grow up in a normal way in a family atmosphere that is so important in today's time. The only thing you need is a large heart.

But we're open to adopting any children that come to our door.

My mother was an administrator at a nursing home, and my first job was working at a nursing home as an activities assistant. She wanted me to do it because it forces you out of your shell, and it's about giving back. That's something that I learned from my mother at a very young age.

To be a mother is a beautiful thing, but to be able to assume the role for a child in need is nothing less than amazing. I believe that any woman who takes on the role of a mother, whether it be naturally or through foster care or adoption, should be held in the highest regard.

Fostering is not for the faint of heart.

Coming from a family of preachers, the idea of giving back has been part of my life as long as I can remember.

When I made my final reckoning with the decision not to have kids, I also decided that I would use at least some of my extra time to better the lives of kids who are already here.